Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

All this I freely give to you; for myself, I have a sufficient livelihood from my slaves and my farms.”

Thus he spoke. Xerxes was pleased with what he said and replied: “My Lydian friend, since I came out of Iran [53,32] (nation), AsiaPersia I have so far met with no man who was willing to give hospitality to my army, nor who came into my presence unsummoned and offered to furnish money for the war, besides you.